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Mixing bowl (bell krater) depicting a sacrifice
Greek
Classical Period
about 425 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 42.3 cm (16 5/8 in.); diameter: 47 cm
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.25
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 167.
Description(A) A sacrifice. In center behind an altar, a priest, whose name ends in a sigma (remains of a Greek inscription '...S' above his head), is washing his hands in a basin held by a youth named Hippokles (Greek inscription HIPPOKLES above his head). At left, two youths approach, one named Mantitheos (Greek inscription MANTITHEOS above his head) leads a sheep, the other named Kallias (Greek inscription KALLIAS above his head), plays the double flute. At right a bearded man named Aresias (Greek inscription ARESIAS above his head) stands watching, holding a staff.
(B) A bearded satyr; on either side a maenad. Restored somewhat.
(B) A bearded satyr; on either side a maenad. Restored somewhat.
InscriptionsSide A: LàR
ΚΑΛΛΙΑΣ
ΜΑΝΤΙΘΕΟΣ
…Σ
ΙΠΠ[Ο]ΚΛ[ΗΣ]
ΑΡΕΣΙΑΣ
ΚΑΛΛΙΑΣ
ΜΑΝΤΙΘΕΟΣ
…Σ
ΙΠΠ[Ο]ΚΛ[ΗΣ]
ΑΡΕΣΙΑΣ
ProvenanceBy 1889: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: said to have been found at S. Maria di Capua. Bought in Rome. 1889.); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)